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Arabic   
الۤمۤ ۝١
Transliteration (2021)   
alif-lam-mee
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
Alif Laam Meem.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
Alif. Lam. Mim
M. M. Pickthall   
Alim. Lam. Mim
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
A. L. M
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Alif-Lãm-Mĩm.
Safi Kaskas   
Alef Lam Meem
Wahiduddin Khan   
Alif Lam Mi
Shakir   
Alif Lam Mim
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Alif L[m M\m.
T.B.Irving   
A. L. M.
Abdul Hye   
Alif-Lam-Mim.
The Study Quran   
Alif. Lam. Mim
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
Alif. Lam. Meem.
Talal Itani (2012)   
Alif, Lam, Meem
Dr. Kamal Omar   
A.L.M
M. Farook Malik   
Alif L'am M'i
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Alif, Lam, Mim. (Theses are three letters of the Arabic alphabet and only Allah Knows their meaning here
Muhammad Sarwar   
Alif. Lam. Mim
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Alif. Lam. Mim
Shabbir Ahmed   
A.L.M. Allah Aleem, the Knower Whose Knowledge transcends Time and Space
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Alif, Laam, Mee
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Alif Lam Mim
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Alif, Lam, Meem
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
A.L.M
Abdel Haleem   
Alif Lam Mi
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Alif, Lam, Mim
Ahmed Ali   
ALIF LAM MIM
Aisha Bewley   
Alif Lam Mim
Ali Ünal   
Alif. Lam. Mim
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Alif, Lam, Mim
Hamid S. Aziz   
ALIF LAM MIM
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
A.L.M. (Alif. Lam. Mim.)
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Alif, Laam, Miim
Musharraf Hussain   
Alif Lam Meem.
Maududi   
Alif, Lam, Mim
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
ALM.
Mohammad Shafi   
Alif-lam-mee

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Alif. Lam Mim.
Rashad Khalifa   
A.L.M.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
AlifLaamMeem
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
I, Allah, am the best Knower
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
A L M
Bijan Moeinian   
AL
Faridul Haque   
Alif-Laam-Meem. (Alphabets of the Arabic language; Allah and to whomever He reveals, know their precise meanings.
Sher Ali   
Alif, Lam, Mim
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Alif, Lam, Mim. (Only Allah and the Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him] know the real meaning.
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Alif Lam Mim - I am Allah, the All- Knowing
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Alif-Lam-Meem. (These letters are one of the miracles of the Quran, and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Alif Lam Mi
George Sale   
A.L.M
Edward Henry Palmer   
ALIF LAM MIM
John Medows Rodwell   
ELIF. LAM. MIM
N J Dawood (2014)   
ALIF lām mīm

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
Alif. Lam. Mim.
Munir Mezyed   
Alif-Lãm-Mĩm.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
Alif, Lam, Mim.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Alif. Lam. Meem.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
Alif Lām Mīm.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
A. L. M.
Samy Mahdy   
Alif, Lam, Meem.
Sayyid Qutb   
Alif. Lām. Mīm.
Ahmed Hulusi   
Alif Lam Meem
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
'Alif 'A', Lam 'L', Mim 'M'
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
A. (Alef), L. (Lam), M. (Meem); [The Surah opens with letters from the Arabic alphabet to draw attention to the miracle of the Quran, though written in the people's tongue, it cannot be emulated.]
Mir Aneesuddin   
Alif Laam Miim.
The Wise Quran   
Alif.Lam.Mim.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
A. L. M
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Alif Laam Mee
OLD Transliteration   
Alif-lam-meem